# Danielle Clode

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**Danielle Clode** (born 1968) is an Australian author of literary nonfiction, history and children's books.[1][2] She is an associate professor of creative writing at [Flinders University](/source/Flinders_University).

Clode was born in Adelaide in 1968 and spent her early years in [Port Lincoln, South Australia](/source/Port_Lincoln,_South_Australia). She later lived on a boat with her parents travelling around Australia and completing her schooling by correspondence.[3]

Clode received her B.A. at the [University of Adelaide](/source/University_of_Adelaide) in 1989 and her D.Phil. in [zoology](/source/Zoology) at the [University of Oxford](/source/University_of_Oxford) in 1993.[4]

## Career

Clode worked at [Melbourne University](/source/Melbourne_University) and the [Victorian Writers Centre](/source/Victorian_Writers_Centre).[4] In 2011, she moved to [Flinders University](/source/Flinders_University).[4]

She has written reviews for *[Australian Book Review](/source/Australian_Book_Review)*.[5]

## Awards and honors

Clode was a [Rhodes Scholar](/source/Rhodes_Scholar) in 1990.[4] She has received the [Victorian Premier’s Literary Award](/source/Victorian_Premier's_Literary_Awards) for Nonfiction in 2007[1] and a [Whitley Award](/source/Whitley_Awards_(Australia)) for Best Popular Zoology book in 2016.[4]

Clode's 2018 biography of Australian naturalist [Edith Coleman](/source/Edith_Coleman), *The Wasp and the Orchid*, was shortlisted for the 2019 [National Biography Award](/source/National_Biography_Award).[6] *In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World* was shortlisted for the 2022 [Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature](/source/Adelaide_Festival_Awards_for_Literature) Nonfiction Award.[7]

## Bibliography

- *Koala: A Natural History and Uncertain Future*, [W. W. Norton & Company](/source/W._W._Norton_%26_Company) 2023.
- *Koala*, [Black Inc](/source/Black_Inc) 2022.
- *John Long: Fossil Hunter*, Wild Dingo Press 2021.
- *In Search of the Woman Who Sailed the World*, [Pan Macmillan](/source/Pan_Macmillan) 2020.
- *First Wave: Exploring early coastal contact history in Australia* (ed. with Gillian Dooley), [Wakefield Press](/source/Wakefield_Press_(Australia)) 2019.
- *The Wasp and the Orchid: The Remarkable Life of Edith Coleman*, [Picador](/source/Picador_(imprint)) 2018.
- *From Dinosaurs to Diprotodons: Australia's Amazing Fossils*, [Museums Victoria](/source/Museums_Victoria) 2018.
- *Killers In Eden: The True Story Of Killer Whales And Their Remarkable Partnership With The Whalers Of Twofold Bay*, Museum Victoria 2011.
- *Prehistoric Marine Life in Australia's Inland Sea*, Museums Victoria 2015.
- *A Future in Flames*, Ligature 2010.
- *Prehistoric Giants: The Megafauna of Australia*, Museum Victoria 2009.
- *Voyages To The South Seas: In Search Of Terres Australes*, Ligature 2007.
- *Continent of Curiosities: A Journey Through Australian Natural History*, [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press) 2007.
- *As If for a Thousand Years*, Victorian Environmental Assessment Council 2006.

## References

1. ["Danielle Clode"](http://www.wheelercentre.com/people/danielle-clode). *The Wheeler Centre*. Retrieved 2017-03-20.

1. ["Danielle Clode on a rare partnership between man and killer whale"](http://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/danielle-clode-on-a-rare-partnership-between-man-and-killer-whal/7788488), Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 2016-07-15, retrieved 2017-03-20

1. ["Danielle Clode - Booked Out Speakers Agency"](http://bookedout.com.au/find-a-speaker/author/danielle-clode/). *Booked Out Speakers Agency*. Retrieved 2017-03-20.

1. ["Danielle Clode"](https://www.flinders.edu.au/people/danielle.clode). *[Flinders University](/source/Flinders_University)*. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

1. ["Danielle Clode"](https://www.australianbookreview.com.au/author/3393-danielleclode). *Australian Book Review*

1. ["The Wasp And The Orchid: The Remarkable Life of Australian Naturalist Edith Coleman by Danielle Clode"](https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/wasp-and-orchid-remarkable-life-australian-naturalist-edith-coleman-danielle-clode). *State Library of NSW*. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2019-06-26.

1. ["2022 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature shortlists announced"](https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/01/19/208663/2022-adelaide-festival-awards-for-literature-shortlist-announced/). *Books+Publishing*. 2022-01-19. Retrieved 2022-01-26.

## External links

- [Official Website](http://danielleclode.com.au/)

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